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Title: Powder Burn: Arson, Money, and Mystery on Vail Mountain by Daniel Glick ISBN: 1-58648-164-9 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 07 January, 2003 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.23 (13 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Great Title, Great Epilogue
Comment: My room mate asked me why it was taking so long to read this book, and my reply was that it was hard to stumble through Glick's clumsy writing. My interest, however, lay in my previous residency in CO and my interest in the subject, so I struggled through the chapters (many with very clever titles). I lived near Telluride for several years, and watched many of the same actions take place as did in Vail, re: the disparity of money and living conditions and in the attitudes of the haves and have-nots. Environmental issues are just one of the many issues in combat with residents and eco-groups against many of these new conglomerate ski companies, some with owners based far from operations.
Glick does a great job with the interviews and investigation; but his long, run-on sentences left much to be desired. If I didn't have an interest in his viewpoint on the subject, I would have put the book down in the third chapter. If you want the gist of it all, just read the epilogue, which - IMO - contains the best information and most well-written part of the book. This, alone, is worth the money, as well as the information. I'll never drive past Vail again without remembering the issues and the personal stories in this book.
Long live the lynx.
Rating: 4
Summary: Not Another Vail Valley Coffee Table Book
Comment: I've always thought the goings on in the Vail Valley would make for an interesting read. Dan Glick was the right author to write about the social tensions and arson mystery in this faux Austrian village ski town. This book is an easy page turner and is a fascinating read for anyone who has lived or spent some time in the town.
It's refreshing to see a book about Vail with perspectives from the variety of social and economic groups in the Valley. There are many coffee table books published on the town, yet virtually nothing has been written about the people of Vail. A quick, easy to read book that I did not want to finish.
Rating: 3
Summary: Intriguing, but too much vulgarity and profanity
Comment: The book is interesting as an unsolved mystery, but everyone cannot be as guilty as they sound. I struggled a bit with the writing, and did not like all of the vulgarity and profanity. It did not add anything to the book, except to make me feel like I was overhearing conversations in a cheap bar. It was also apparent from the start that Glick does not like rich people (some peoople might call them successful). He could hardly talk about them in a civil tone. He used phrases like "Outrageous luxury", and "Trophyest of trophy homes."
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Title: Downhill Slide : Why the Corporate Ski Industry Is Bad for Skiing, Ski Towns, and the Environment by Hal Clifford ISBN: 1578051029 Publisher: Sierra Club Books Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
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Title: Monkey Dancing: A Father, Two Kids, and a Journey to the Ends of the Earth by Daniel Glick ISBN: 1586481541 Publisher: PublicAffairs Pub. Date: 27 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $26.00 |
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Title: The Falling Season: Inside the Life and Death Drama of Aspen's Mountain Rescue Team by Hal Clifford ISBN: 0898866332 Publisher: Mountaineers Books Pub. Date: March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Vail: Triumph of a Dream by Peter W. Seibert, William Oscar Johnson, Jean-Claude Killy ISBN: 0967674719 Publisher: Mountain Sports Press Pub. Date: 30 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
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Title: Top Ski Resorts of the World by Arnie Wilson ISBN: 0764155458 Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Pub. Date: 08 September, 2002 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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